57 day of the war with Ukraine. Main

Putin cancel the assault on Azovstali, Estonia and Latvia recognize the actions of the Russian Federation by the genocide, and Russians lose crypto -streaks

April 21-57th day of the Russian-Ukrainian war. During this time, more than five million people left Ukraine, 2224 people died, 2897 civilians were injured, the UN reports. The head of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu today reported to Putin to establish complete control over Mariopol and the murder of more than four thousand opponents. At the same time, since yesterday, the operational situation in Mariupol, apparently, has not changed-the APU fighters still keep the defense at the Azovstal plant. Putin ordered Shoigu to cancel the assault on the industrial zones of Azovstal.

Read more about the main events of today - in the reports of the Novaya Gazeta. Europe".

The dead, prisoners, left

According to the Office of the Supreme Commissar of the UN Human Rights, 2,224 people have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion, including 173 children. 2897 civilians were injured. The actual figures of the victims can be much higher, since information about the dead from the places of conducting active hostilities is delayed, and many messages are still awaiting confirmation.

Local Ukrainian authorities also reported those who died in several regions. The head of the Nikolaev regional administration Nikolai Kim said that one person was killed as a result of the night shelling of the city, two were injured. At the same time, the head of the Lugansk regional administration, Sergei Gaidai, said that more than 100 people have died since the beginning of the war in Popasnaya. Now, in a population of 20 thousand, half -controlled by Russian troops, 2500 people remained. According to Gaidai, from the occupied part of the pupa people, Pervomaisk is taken controlled by the forces of the LPR.

The UN reported that from February 24, 5 034,439 people left Ukraine on February 24. Of these, almost three million are now in Poland. More than seven million civilians moved to other cities inside Ukraine, about 12.5 more remain in the combat zone because they cannot get out.

Today it became known about another exchange of prisoners.

“Today we return 19 people home, of which 10 military (including 2 officers) and 9 civilians,” said Irina Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister on the reintegration of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

According to her, this time among the liberated there are wounded. The previous exchange of prisoners took place on April 19: 60 military personnel and 16 civilians returned to Ukraine. The Russian side did not comment on this information.

Fighting

The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin about the capture of Mariupol under the control of the Russian Army and the police of the DPR.

According to Shoigu, more than two thousand Ukrainian military were blocked at the Azovstal plant, including the “remnants of nationalists and foreign mercenaries” to complete the “operation” in this territory will require “three to four days”. In response to the report of the head of the Ministry of Defense, Putin ordered to cancel the assault on Azovstali, since he was “inappropriate”.

“This is the case when we must think, that is, we must always think, but in this case, moreover, about the preservation of the life and health of our soldiers and officers. No need to climb into these catacombs and crawl there underground for these industrial facilities. Blok this industrial zone so that the fly does not fly, ”Putin ordered.

According to Shoigu, March 11 in Mariupol, the total number of opponents of the Russian army was 8,100 people. Over the past one and a half months, more than four thousand of them have been killed, 1478 military were captured.

The President of Russia once again invited the Ukrainian military to surrender. He guaranteed them life and worthy treatment.

At the same time, the authorities of Mariupol report on the ongoing bombing and shelling "Azovstal" on Thursday evening. Advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko also stated that the battles are underway near the tram depot, although Russia reported full control over the city.

In other regions of Ukraine, clashes are also continuing today. According to the head of the Kharkov regional administration Oleg Sinegubov, the region was fired at at night 15 times, five people were injured. The head of the Nikolaev regional administration, Nikolai Kim, said that in his region, 20 villages were occupied by Russian troops.

The reaction of the world and the response of Russia

The parliaments of Estonia and Latvia were the first in the world to recognize the effect of Russia in Ukraine by the genocide.

“The Russian Federation has committed genocide acts in relation to civilians, including temporarily occupied territories, in particular in the cities of Bucha, Borodyanka, Gostel, Irpen and Mariupol, as well as in many other settlements of Ukraine. They consist in the murders, abductions of people, deportation, deprivation of freedom, torture, rape, as well as desecration of corpses, ”the Riigikogu (parliament) of Estonia said.

In Latvia today, amendments were also approved, according to which citizens who support the Russian war in Ukraine may be deprived of citizenship. They apply only to dual citizenship persons. Those who supported the “persons, states or other formations that have committed actions such as crimes against the world, genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes that threaten territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of democracies or constitutional system will be subject to the law.

In response, Russia closed the Consulate General of Latvia in St. Petersburg, the Consulate of Latvia in Pskov, as well as the Consulate General of Estonia in St. Petersburg, its office in Pskov and the General of the Consulate of Lithuania in St. Petersburg.

In addition, Russia imposed sanctions against 61 Canadian citizens and 29 US citizens. Vice President Kamal Harris, official representative of the Ministry of Defense John Kirby, co-founder of META Mark Zuckerberg, executive director of Linkedin Ryan Roslansky and the editor-in-chief of the English-language version of Meduza Kevin Robrock, fell on the sanctions list.

Among the citizens of Canada, the sanctions were the commander of the Navy Craig Baines, the director of the Security and Intelligence Service David Vignio, the Chairman of the Ukrainian Cabinet, Canada Galina Vinnik, the mayor of Ottawa Jim Watson and another 57 people. They were closed to Russia on an unlimited basis.

The State Committee of the National Security of Kyrgyzstan made an unexpected statement. He urged not to rent a military uniform and costumes with the Z symbol, and also asked the townspeople not to put on this form during the celebration of May 9.

The department believes that the wearing of such clothes during the “Immortal Regiment” will contribute to inciting ethnic hatred.

Economic consequences

Foreign states continue to impose sanctions against Russia. The expanded sanctions list of Great Britain includes 26 more individuals and legal entities. Among them, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov, the commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov , Mr. Lava of the Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov, the first deputy head of the FSB Sergey Korolev and the commander of the Moscow cruiser Anton Kuprin. Among the organizations under the sanctions were the All -Russian Research Institute of Automation named after N.L. Dukhov, Central Scientific Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering, the Progress missile and space center, Promtekh-Dubna JSC, Arzamas Machine-Building Plant and Kalashnikov concern.

The European Union was limited today to the black list of two businessmen: Evgenia Prigozhin and Sergey Kurchenko. They are forbidden to enter the EU territory, and their financial assets are frozen.

The sanctions also affected those who used cryptocurrency. The largest crypto -story world Binance has limited access to users accounts from Russia, which have assets with a total value of more than € 10 thousand. Exchange customers will not be able to trade on it or pay additional amounts to their accounts, they will only be able to withdraw funds.

Oil and gas company OMV stated that Austria has stopped import and oil processing from Russia. The share of Russian raw oil at the OMV oil refineries was small, but from a historical point of view, the OMV solution looked depressing - the Austrian company in 1968 became the first oil and gas corporation in Europe to cooperate with the USSR.

The founder and general director of Lukoila, who previously, left the Board of Directors in the sanctions list. He prematurely resigned the powers of the head of the company.

Fans of American comics were also unlucky. Marvel Comics, will suspend cooperation with Russian publishers for an “indefinite time”. According to Ivan Chernyavsky, the owner of the Moscow Chuk and Hack comics stores, Russian publishers must have time to release what has already been bought for two to three months. After that, the release of new comics and additional circulations will be impossible.

Yandex in its annual report announced the suspension of many investments in Russia and abroad. “Any prolonged economic decline in Russia, as a result of sanctions, the depreciation of the ruble or the negative mood of consumers can have a significant negative impact on our financial situation and the results of activity,” the company noted.

The corporation’s projects were also influenced by the departure of foreign manufacturers and international advertisers from Russia.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, in turn, adopted a law that simplifies the confiscation of assets of citizens of the Russian Federation submitted to Ukrainian sanctions lists. It is planned to send assets to restore the country's economy, the payment of compensation to the victims of the war due to the war, as well as assistance to the state.